Kentucky Basketball Coach John Calipari Has Class But Unfortunately It’s All Low

By Kelso Sturgeon

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Kentucky’s Calipari Comes Unglued As Road Continues To Take Its Toll On Traveling Teams

As a matter of journalistic integrity, I must say up front I am not a John Calipari fan because, as do 99% of all college basketball coaches, I believe he is an amoral snake-oil salesman who will do anything to win. He usually does the latter but leaves when the NCAA heat starts, as it did when he was at Massachusetts and Memphis. When he left UMass and Memphis he had produced winners with programs that were found to be in violation of a myriad of NCAA rules and both were penalized for it.

Still, schools that want to win, regardless of the price they have to pay, seem to stand in line to hire this weasel. Kentucky, once one of the classiest programs in NCAA basketball, is now looked upon with disdain as Calipari advertises to recruits he is running a one-and-done NBA prep program in Lexington. “Come to Kentucky, play one season as your prepare for the NBA, and then leave to pursue the big money”.

In other words, there is no intent to build a team but to use McDonald’s All-Americans each new season to win. Calipari arrived in Lexington in 2009 and in 2012 won an NCAA championship with this formula, proving, he and Kentucky fans thought, this was the future.

Not quite.

Last season Kentucky brought in its new group of blue-chip players, finished 21-12 and in the process missed a trip to the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round of the NIT at Robert Morris. Calipari apologized for this blip on the radar screen and blamed the players for the team’s lack of success, as in, “they just wouldn’t listen to me”.

The college basketball world bought this B.S. and almost every basketball publication overlooked reality and proclaimed this season’s team, with five of the best players in the country—all McDonald’s All-Americans—were so talented Kentucky would bounce back and, yes, probably go 40-0.

40-0? Wichita State (31-0) maybe, but not Kentucky, which with one of its most embarrassing losses in history fell to 21-8. “Those players just won’t listen”.

Saturday, in on the road in Columbia, SC, Kentucky lost to the last-place team in the Southeastern Conference as the South Carolina Gamecocks took them apart, 72-67. Heading into that contest, South Carolina was 10-18 overall for the season and 3-12 in the SEC.

Adding fuel to the fire, it is of note the loss to USC was Kentucky’s second straight. The Wildcats lost at home to Arkansas, 71-67, in overtime and in the game before that had to go to overtime at The Rupp to beat LSU, 77-76. Kentucky was a 10.5-point favorite over both Arkansas and LSU.

Things looked much easier on Saturday as the Wildcats were -9.5 against the worst team in the SEC.

Things went so badly in Columbia Calipari exploded on the bench and was ejected from the game after drawing his second technical foul with 10 minutes left to play and refused to attend the post-game news conference.

Despite his silence, one thing is for certain. It’s all on the players who Calipari contends won’t do what he tells them.

One might suggest Kentucky’s troubles are just beginning. They get an under-rated Alabama team at home Tuesday and then take to the road again to meet top-ranked Florida (26-2) in Gainesville.